procurement

July 25, 2015

ACE – Procurement landscape – Wider, challenging, and in need of reform

Graham ACE, Economic, Infrastructure, Procurement, Research ACE, efficiency, landscape, procurement

It is estimated that the UK Government procures £230bn of products and services per year, with items varying from simple purchases like stationary through to complex investment decisions such as construction. The construction sector has long voiced its opinion about how efficiencies could be gained through procurement reform. Despite much research and many […]

June 25, 2012

ACE – Procurement in PPFM

Graham ACE, Economic, Finance, Infrastructure, Procurement, Research ACE, economic, finance, infrastructure, private, procurement, public

This paper is the third in ACE’s infrastructure investment series and explores in more detail improvement that could be made to the procurement within Public and Private Finance Models (PPFM). Issues explored in this paper include the concept of flexibility, transparency and the use of a centralised resource to improve procurement efficiency and reactiveness, […]